This specification discloses an electric power supply system for an automobile having a load which needs a higher voltage than the normal battery voltage. The electric power supply system of the present invention includes: a multi-phase AC generator (1) having an armature winding (10), a field winding (12), a first rectifier (11) for rectifying a multi-phase AC output (U, V, W) of the armature win...

A conveyor belt and conveying system designed to operate about lateral curves is disclosed. The conveyor belt is comprised of transverse rods interconnected by links disposed along opposite transverse edges of the belt. When the belt proceeds about a lateral curve, the pitch along the inside edge of the curve is kept substantially the same as in straight line motion, while the outside edge of the ...

The invention is directed to a measuring apparatus for detecting gases with the aid of an electrochemical sensor with a diffusion barrier being disposed ahead of the sensor. The measuring apparatus is improved in such a manner that the sensor is adaptable with respect to its sensitivity to different measuring ranges during operation without external intervention. The speed of response of the senso...

In the continuous production of mineral wool nonwoven fabrics, fiber/gas/air mixtures (3, 4) produced by several shredding units (14 to 17) are directed onto collecting conveyor units (19, 21) with suction surfaces (c, d) running in a curve and being under suction pressure for the formation of a wool nonwoven fabric (25). In this case the arrangement is such that an imaginary suction surface, incr...

A room temperature-curable composition comprising (A) a silanol-terminated polydiorganosiloxane having a viscosity measured at 25 DEG C. of from 100 to 200,000 cSt, (B) an epoxy-terminated polyether, (C) an organosilicon compound, (D) an inorganic filler, and (E) a curing catalyst. The composition is suitably used as a building sealant which causes no fouling of the areas surrounding joints even ...

This invention concerns a process for preparing fluoroalkyl substituted olefins, fluorinated ketones and fluorinated aromatic compounds by the catalyzed reaction of fluoroalkylsilanes with selected fluorinated olefins, acyl fluorides and fluorinated aromatic compounds, respectively.

A process for the preparation of saturated alcohols from aldehydes is disclosed. The hydrogenation of saturated and unsaturated aldehydes to alcohols can be carried out over catalysts containing cooper and nickel. In the present process, the selectivity of the alcohol preparation is further improved by a combination of an alkaline copper catalyst and a nickel-containing catalyst whose carrier mate...

Disclosed is an optical fiber free from a generation of a microbend during manufacturing, in which an impregnation of hydrogen and/or water to a clad is prevented. An optical fiber having an electrical conduction, a tolerance to heat and a mechanical strength, and a process for making same. The optical fiber includes a silica based glass optical fiber including a core (11) and a cladding (12), a t...

A tightly-coupled main processor (110) and coprocessor (120) overlap the execution of sequential instructions when apparent sequential operation and precise exception interrupts can be assured. Logic detects all conditions under which these criteria might potentially be violated in the coprocessor before it has finished performing an instruction, and holds off the main processor from executing a s...

A method performed within a multi-processing, multi-programming computer environment for reducing conflict among tasks concurrently accessing COMMON BLOCKs in code sequences compiled within said environment from a FORTRAN like language system, and for reducing the memory used in the storing of private copies of said COMMON BLOCKs. The method involves inserting constructs at compile time into the c...

An all-purpose septic tank comprising a chamber a waste inlet pipe, an outlet pipe for conveying the clarified water to a land treatment system, means for effecting clarification through deposition of the heaviest substances on the bottom of the chamber and through accumulation of the greasy substances and light particles on the surface S and for at least partially liquefying these substances by m...

THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYORGANOSILOXANE ELASTOMER COMPOSITION Compositions containing at least one liquid polydiorganosiloxane having an average of two ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon radicals per molecule, an organohydrogensiloxane curing agent, a platinum catalyst and a thermally conductive filler consisting, at least in part, of zinc and magnesium oxides are curable to yield elastomers. T...

A composition able to absorb mercury vapor and to disinfect a surface. The composition has a source of halogen; and a non-aqueous solvent of low vapor pressure for the source of halogen. The composition is of low vapor pressure.

An elongated sanitary napkin having a longitudinal central area suitable for positioning in a user's crotch area is provided. The sanitary napkin has an upper body contacting side and a lower garment contacting side. The napkin includes an elongated absorbent core delimited by a pair of longitudinal edges and a pair of transverse edges. The absorbent core is covered on at least its upper surface w...

A highly selective, sensitive, fast detection system and method are disclosed for detecting vapors of specific compounds in air. Vapors emanating from compounds such as explosives, or stripped from surfaces using heat and suction from a hand-held sample gun, are collected on surfaces coated with gas chromatograph (GC) material which trap explosives vapors but repel nitric oxide, then are desorbed ...

A furniture frame includes a plurality of frame members having rectangular tubular cross-sectional configurations. One of the frame members has a pair of elongated generally wedge-shaped parts rigidly attached thereto in spaced apart relation to one another thereon and projecting therefrom in generally parallel relation. A pair of other of the frame members have a cross brace frame member extendin...

A flat, single piece windshield (140) which extends across the front edge of an exposed bridge (142) and is rotatably connected thereto. The windshield (140) includes two elongated support poles (157, 159) which extend, respectively, from the top edge of the windshield (140) downwardly to connecting points along the side edges of the bridge (142). The lower ends of the support poles (157,159) are ...

A method for treating a lesion in an arterial wall having plaque thereon and a luminal surface, the arterial wall having been mechanically injured during an angioplasty procedure, the arterial wall and the plaque including fissures resulting therefrom, the method comprising the steps of positioning an angioplasty catheter adjacent to the lesion being treated; delivering a bioprotective material be...

An inhaler in use for inhaling pharmaceutical powdered preparations through mouth and making the same reach a trachea, bronchi and pulmonary cells. The inhaler has a general form bent at a predetermined angle, preferably, at 60 degrees, comprising a hollow body, a capsule holding portion for receiving and holding a capsule, and an inhaling section. The capsule holding portion is rotated relative t...

An intracatheter pump apparatus and method is described for infusing fluids through a lumen of a catheter. The intracatheter pump includes a motor or power source on the outside of the catheter which causes movement of a fluid moving mechanism positioned in the lumen of the catheter, the fluid moving mechanism being attached to the distal end of an elongated member which in turn is attached to the...